ASCII Media Works ' Dengeki Online website began serializing the Oshiete! Mordin-sensei! (Teach me! Professor Mordin!) this month to explain the Mass Effect role-playing game franchise's story. The manga artist Michiru Michi is drawing the series that places the science-fiction games' characters in a school setting. The website posted the series' second part on Thursday.

The manga aims to explain the franchise's scenario and introduce the games' characters and races before the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game Mass Effect 3 ships in Japan on March 15. In the manga's story, the asari alien Liara appears as a schoolgirl, and the game's main character Commander Shepard is a gym teacher.

[release][h2]All The Mass Effect 3 DLC Costs How Much?[/h2]
By Alec Meer on February 27th, 2012 at 3:45 pm.

No. Nooo. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo way. Destructoid writer but not X-Files creator Chris Carter (who is probably incredibly bored of that reference) has been doing a bit of maths, which immediately makes him a more capable human being than I am. The purpose of this mathleticism was to collate all the disparate bits of DLC, pre-order bonus, unlocks and whatnot available for the upcoming marketing monolith that is Mass Effect 3, and just how much it’d cost someone to lay hands on the whole shebang. Take a seat before you read the next line.

[h2]$870/£550/€650.[/h2] Whaaaat.

It must, however, be pointed out that much of that horror-price stems from having to buy bonus code-sporting hardware such as special gamepads, keyboards and headsets, or Mass Effect 3 merch such as multiple action figures and iPhone cases.

And most of what it gets you in-game is just weapon variations, skins and multiplayer unlocks, rather than ‘real’ content. Not stuff you’ll actually need, in other words, depending on how much you care about being King Big Balls in multiplayer. Apparently, each additional code you get for the Collector’s Assault Rifle (available with assorted Razer hardware) further boosts its power in multiplayer, which makes for a fairly vague concept of completism and presumably suffers from diminishing returns.

Even so – this is a sign of just how darkly convoluted and fragmented modern gaming purchases have become. The full breakdown of all the DLC and the necessary purchases is over yonder.[/release]

[release][h2]All The Mass Effect 3 DLC Costs How Much?[/h2]
By Alec Meer on February 27th, 2012 at 3:45 pm.

No. Nooo. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo way. Destructoid writer but not X-Files creator Chris Carter (who is probably incredibly bored of that reference) has been doing a bit of maths, which immediately makes him a more capable human being than I am. The purpose of this mathleticism was to collate all the disparate bits of DLC, pre-order bonus, unlocks and whatnot available for the upcoming marketing monolith that is Mass Effect 3, and just how much it’d cost someone to lay hands on the whole shebang. Take a seat before you read the next line.

[h2]$870/£550/€650.[/h2] Whaaaat.

It must, however, be pointed out that much of that horror-price stems from having to buy bonus code-sporting hardware such as special gamepads, keyboards and headsets, or Mass Effect 3 merch such as multiple action figures and iPhone cases.

And most of what it gets you in-game is just weapon variations, skins and multiplayer unlocks, rather than ‘real’ content. Not stuff you’ll actually need, in other words, depending on how much you care about being King Big Balls in multiplayer. Apparently, each additional code you get for the Collector’s Assault Rifle (available with assorted Razer hardware) further boosts its power in multiplayer, which makes for a fairly vague concept of completism and presumably suffers from diminishing returns.

Even so – this is a sign of just how darkly convoluted and fragmented modern gaming purchases have become. The full breakdown of all the DLC and the necessary purchases is over yonder.[/release]

Oh, fuck off. It says right there in then fucking article it's all optional shit for Multiplayer. Who fucking cares? It's promos. TF2 has promos, and everyone loves that.

There's something I genuinely don't understand with gamers.
You all feel fucking entitled to everything. And you're not. If you want this shit, go out and buy it. If it genuinely means that much to you, buy it.
"EVERYTHING NOT FREE? FUCK YOU BIOWARE YOU MONEY HUNGRY BASTARDS I CAN"T BELIEVE YOU"

Want to know what the solution is? Suck it the fuck up. You don't need everything.

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I, for one am buying the Garrus and Legion toys because Duke Nukem and Master Chief have been asking me for a desk friend, and Big Daddy is a terrible conversation partner.

Are people still sperging over this? The multiplayer shit is just stuff you can unlock anyway, and anyone who buys physical items for multiplayer codes is a retard. The amount of sensationalist bullshit around the DLC is astounding. I don't agree with what EA and Bioware are doing, it's a dick move, but the people going out of their way to misinform people are fucking stupid.

Are people still sperging over this? The multiplayer shit is just stuff you can unlock anyway, and anyone who buys physical items for multiplayer codes is a retard. The amount os sensationalist bullshit around the DLC is astounding. I don't agree with what they're ding, it's a dick move, but the people going out of their way to misinform people are fucking stupid.

Also, what infuriates me is everyone who goes on
"FUCK YOU BIOWARE, 15$ FOR DLC? FUUUCK YOUUU!"

It's not for the DLC shit for brains
you're buying the action figure
it comes with a little piece of DLC
the dlc is the bonus
you are paying for the figure
you are a dumbshit